Re: IML: Is it a Old Man's car or Prestiage driving?

["Frederick Joslin" <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx>]

I was thinking something similar to this recently. It was more along the lines of when did American cars stop being the best and the most desireable cars.

Mercedes has been in there for quite a while, but 60's and 70's Toyotas, Datsuns, BMWs ..... were not too great.

Acura came out in the 80's and Lexus and Infinity started in the early 90's. Audi were junk in the 80's!!

So when did the pendulum swing the other way?

Cadillac has resurected itself somewhat, but Imperial is gone and Lincoln less than hot.      

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: mamrom@xxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: IML: Is it a Old Man's car or Prestiage driving?
> Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:59:31 -0600 (CST)
>
>
> My Question: When, exactly, did Cadillacs, 
> Lincolns and our beloved IMPERIALS go from 
> being a prestige car to an "old people" car, at 
> least in the eyes of reviewers. Surely the 
> prestigious people that bought them as late as 
> 1974 could not all have reached old age by 
> 1987!?! I cannot believe fuel economy is the 
> cause either, after all the 1980s Broughams can 
> get 20 mpg on the highway, not too shabby for 
> the 1980s! When did successful people switch 
> from Cadillacs to BMWs and Lexuses, and what 
> was it that did it? Because surely a successful 
> 40 year old in 1975 would buy a CaddyImperial 
> or Lincoln , not a BMW. What made him decide 
> that by age 50 Caddies/Imperials were too "old 
> man?"
>
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Fred Joslin